Norman Brokaw

Norman Robert Brokaw (April 21, 1927 – October 29, 2016) was an American talent agent. He served as the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the William Morris Agency. He represented Marilyn Monroe, Donna Summer, Bill Cosby, Mark Spitz, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, and many more.

Early life Norman Brokaw was born in 1927 in New York City, the son of Maria Hyde (née Haidabura) and Isidore Brokaw. His mother performed with her father, Nicholas; her brother Victor, and sister Nettie, in the Haidabura Family Russian Peasant Quartette, which was "the first Russian acrobatic dance troupe to appear on the American vaudeville stage". Another uncle, Johnny Hyde, was the vice president of the William Morris Agency.

Brokaw relocated to Los Angeles when he was a teenager. By the 1950s, he encouraged William Morris to get into the television business. He helped create such series as Racket Squad and The Public Defender by moving 1950s film stars to television. Brokaw would go on to represent producers of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Andy Griffith Show.

Brokaw was appointed as the president and CEO of the William Morris Agency in 1989.

Brokaw died on October 29, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. He was 89.